Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers.
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Examples for "virgin's bower"
Examples for "virgin's bower"
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1I was glad that the dark hid the whiteness of the old man's beard from my view.
2Gidge takes part of the old man's beard and uses it as a pillow to sleep on.
3Then the youth seized the ax, split the anvil with one blow, and struck the old man's beard in with it.
4Then the youth took up an axe, and, splitting the anvil at one blow, wedged the old man's beard in it.
5The draftsman has not forgotten this detail: the old man's beard spreads in a snowy avalanche over the apron and comes down to his knees.
1One of my pets, after plying her mother with about forty questions, wound up with, Mother, how does the devil's darning needle sleep?
Translations for devil's darning needle